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Last Spring, when things were shutting down, I bought a 5-gallon plastic gas can and some Sta-bil. I didn't want to keep gasoline in my garage, so I put it under the deck and wrapped the can in a tall kitchen trash bag.

I'm thinking it's time to make sure I'm ready for what's coming around the election. I'd like to get fresh gas but I'm not sure I'm comfortable using that gas. It only cost around $10 and I think I'd rather pour it out than put it in my new truck and potentially ruin it. They will accept it at the county landfill. But what do I do next time? Rotate it more often?

So how do you store and dispose of gasoline?
 
My experience, modern vehicles care a lot less about old gas than small engine equipment. Five gallons of year old from a full can added to 20 gallons of fresh won't hurt a thing.

In the future if it concerns you use it more often. Having another can makes that easier to do without ever being out.
 
If it was ethanol free originally I wouldn’t worry much and just make sure no trash in it and run it and blend it down like others mentioned.
 
MostWanted said:
I'd like to get fresh gas but I'm not sure I'm comfortable using that gas.
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If you're not comfortable, don't use it. But.
I personally would not hesitate to use it in my truck.
I only run "non-e" gas in every engine smaller than a motor vehicle (and if I were Mr. Gotrocks I'd run it in them too). I keep the small engine tanks full, and only add stabilizer over the winter if I don't run them.
Since I started doing that, I have never had any gas-related problems.
But do whatever makes you comfortable. Why worry?
 
I wouldn’t hesitate to use it. I keep a couple cans on hand and end up cycling through it every couple months when my wife forgets to get gas. I use ethanol free and sta-bil.

As someone else said, small engines are much pickier than modern vehicles.
 
Storing gasoline is not different than storing other things. As someone else has said, always rotate your stock. Get another can and put the oldest in vehicle then refill that can. Next time do the other one. Shouldn't need to do it too often but I would definitely do it at the end of the season. When I was still working we had a rule of thumb for changing gear oil in machines. Change it when going from hot to cold and then from cold to hot.
 
Gasolime degrades and loses combustibility over time due to oxidation. 5 gallon mixed with about all the effects you MAY see is MAYBE a .5 mpg loss with that tank
 
Opinion: I would suggest 5 gal military surplus gas can.
I have 3 and rotate them through my generator, 54" craftsman mower, lawn mowers, chain saws.
I always use non-ethanol gas. I have used gas 1 year old and it works just fine.
I live in the country so if it gets too old you can use to clean parts and start fires to burn brush piles.
Haven't had a problem in over 20+ years.
 
store:
5, 2 1/2 gallon plastic cans.
2 are non-ethanol dedicated.
i write the date of fill-up
directly on the cans.
dispose:
rotate twice a year.
as posted above...in the car,
NOT in small engines.
leftovers are for
yellow jackets.
 
If you park your car in the garage you are storing gas in there.


I keep stabilized fuel for 1 year before replacing it. Sometimes I stretch that to 15 months, still haven't had any issues burning the fuel in a 2015 import 4cyl. Metal cans are stored in a shed with no climate control.
 
I keep a few gallons of 100 octane Avgas around for snow blowers, lawn mowers and such. I run standard gas in them but always run avgas through them and store them. Avgas wont gel and keeps far longer than standard gasoline but be warned, it has lead in it. It isnt a good idea to run it in them a lot. That being said I have never ran standard gas without stabilizer that is over 6 months old.
 
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A lot depends on the cans it’s in. If it’s a plastic can, have you noticed the side sucking in or pushing out? If so it means it has a good seal and no air( well very little) has been going in and out. So no water coming in. If that’s the case it’s probably good to go. But to era on side of caution, just run it in your truck. It’s not going to hurt it. As others haves said, small engine is less forgiving. Refill with 100% gas and stabilize. Good to go for 8-10 months easy


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